40th Anniversary Forum commemorates Elliot Lake miners SUDBURY, 14 April 2014 – “The most important thing to come out of the mines is the miner,” wrote Dr. James Ham in his 1976 Royal Commission report on the Health and Safety of Workers in Mines. The United Steelworkers (USW) shares that conviction, 40 years after Elliot […]
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April 28, Day of Mourning – Stop the Killing, Enforce the Law Dear Sisters and Brothers: This year we have launched our Westray II campaign: Stop the Killing, Enforce the Law. This year is also the 22nd anniversary of the Westray disaster that instantly killed 26 people and made victims of many survivors. We made […]
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Creativity and enthusiasm enveloped the Sheridan Conference Centre in Hamilton, Ontario, today as delegates from USW Next Generation/Legends Symposium came together to build solidarity and launch the new D6Connect communication network. Participants worked together to develop strategies for member engagement and actively took part in workshops on the optimal use of social and traditional media. […]
Re: 40 Years Later! Forum to Commemorate the Elliot Lake Miners’ Strike We invite you to join us for a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the historic strike by the Elliot Lake Steelworkers. In 1974 the miners went on strike for improved health and safety conditions. The strike’s impact went beyond the mine site […]
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By Sueann Musick, The News (New Glasgow) PICTOU – The United Steelworkers want more action taken in finding bosses criminally responsible in the event of the death of an employee. Sylvia Boyce, health, safety and environment co-ordinator for the United Steelworkers, said a public meeting will be held March 10 in the council chambers of […]
It’s good to see the value of unions recognized in your editorial The Wrong Formula (Feb. 27), stating Tim Hudak was correct to drop his plan to attack unions by eliminating the Rand formula that ensures everyone who benefits from union agreements pays dues. It’s worth noting the Supreme Court has affirmed the right of […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Representatives of the United Steelworkers (USW) and Sault Ste. Marie residents received unanimous support from city council Monday for a national campaign aimed at better enforcement of a law to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for workplace death. The “Westray Law” was passed unanimously in Parliament a […]
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Representatives of the United Steelworkers (USW) and Sault Ste. Marie residents received unanimous support from city council Monday for a national campaign aimed at better enforcement of a law to hold corporations, their directors and executives criminally accountable for workplace death. The “Westray Law” was passed unanimously in Parliament a […]
United Steelworkers (USW) representatives in Hamilton are asking Hamilton City Council to support a motion to protect worker health and safety through better enforcement of the Westray Act. WHO: Sylvia Boyce, Steelworkers Health and Safety Rep for Ontario, and Hamilton Steelworkers Area Council members Mike Miscio, Mike Hnatjuk, Frank Micelli and Darren Green WHAT: USW Presentation Seeking […]
February is Black History month which was first celebrated in the early 1950s. It was later recognized nation-wide in 1995. It is a time to reflect on the many important sacrifices and contributions that the black community has made to Canadian progress. There is no better time to recognize and celebrate the positive impact the […]
By Carol Mulligan, Sudbury Star A union mounting a campaign to get prosecutors and police to hold corporations responsible for workers’ deaths on the job got a boost from a motion unanimously adopted by city council. The motion presented Tuesday by Coun. Joe Cimino came from United Steelworkers, which is running a national drive called Stop the […]
Sudbury city council will be asked to support a union campaign called “Stop the Killing, Enforce the Law” at tonight’s meeting. online pharmacy neurontin over the counter with best prices today in the USA It’s spearheaded by the United Steelworkers union, which would like to see the so-called Westray provisions of the criminal code used […]
HAWKESBURY, Ont. – Workers at a seniors’ home where two residents died in a 2012 fire are concerned about the implications of staffing cuts at the facility, including the elimination of full-time positions. Despite the deadly fire in May 2012 at Place Mont Roc Retirement Home in Hawkesbury, owner Frank Zambito cut already thin nighttime […]
HAWKESBURY, Ont. – Workers at a seniors’ home where two residents died in a 2012 fire are concerned about the implications of staffing cuts at the facility, including the elimination of full-time positions. Despite the deadly fire in May 2012 at Place Mont Roc Retirement Home in Hawkesbury, owner Frank Zambito cut already thin nighttime […]
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